Vanagon dash light
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:04 pm
84 Vanagon: dash light remains on with engine running. I swapped alt/reg for fresh 'reman/rebuild' under warranty. No change. Dash light stays on thru all revs.
Removed reg. and verified brushes were good and new..sanded and cleaned slip rings to shiny copper. No change.
Dash light on with Ign On. Removing blue wire at alt, light goes out. Ground blue wire to block, light goes back On. ...so that checks out.
dash light is not the intermittant flickering which is typical of bad diode, it is solid 'on'
could this be a ground strap/cable issue ?
Removed reg. and verified brushes were good and new..sanded and cleaned slip rings to shiny copper. No change.
Dash light on with Ign On. Removing blue wire at alt, light goes out. Ground blue wire to block, light goes back On. ...so that checks out.
dash light is not the intermittant flickering which is typical of bad diode, it is solid 'on'
could this be a ground strap/cable issue ?